GM Inside News Forum - View Single Post - The case for nuke cars—it's called 'hydrogen.'

CountryME · 09-22-2005, 09:31 PM

Did you even read the article? Hydrogen is not the answer, especially here in the US where we do not have the geothermal energy to convert like they do in Iceland. Trying to convert to hydrogen is like trying to invent a perpetual motion machine, it's just not possible by the laws physics. You get way less out of it than what you have to put in to make it. We need to be looking at BioDiesel and Ethanol as home grown alternatives to gasoline rather than the magical pie in the sky use of hydrogen. Don't get me wrong, as an engineer I can appreciate fuel cells and what a marvel they are. I even used to work at one of Ballard's competetors, Granted it was a few years ago now. But you have to look at the energy source not just the end use. Believing that hydrogen and fuel cells will solve our energy problem is like believing that a Toyota will run on hugs and only emit bunnies as exhaust.

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CountryME 2.4 Liter SIDI ECOTEC Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Southern Maine Drives: 2001 Silverado Extended Cab Long Bed 327 cu. in ( Posts: 107	Re: The case for nuke cars—it's called 'hydrogen.' Did you even read the article? Hydrogen is not the answer, especially here in the US where we do not have the geothermal energy to convert like they do in Iceland. Trying to convert to hydrogen is like trying to invent a perpetual motion machine, it's just not possible by the laws physics. You get way less out of it than what you have to put in to make it. We need to be looking at BioDiesel and Ethanol as home grown alternatives to gasoline rather than the magical pie in the sky use of hydrogen. Don't get me wrong, as an engineer I can appreciate fuel cells and what a marvel they are. I even used to work at one of Ballard's competetors, Granted it was a few years ago now. But you have to look at the energy source not just the end use. Believing that hydrogen and fuel cells will solve our energy problem is like believing that a Toyota will run on hugs and only emit bunnies as exhaust.